Analysis of the 8 remaining players: Bareev-Leko Grischuk-Rublevsky Aronian-Shirov Kamsky-Gelfand What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of each player? Which would be the closest match? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A Champion among the Champions
IM Dean Ippolito was at one time one of the top young talents in America. In the past few years, he decided that it is more important for him to share his chess knowledge and experience with the younger...
UT Dallas Mourns Passing of Jon Senderling
UT Dallas Mourns Passing of Jon Senderling,Retired Head of News and Information OfficeLongtime Dallas Newspaper Editor and Corporate PR Executive RICHARDSON, Texas (June 4, 2007) – The University of Texas at Dallas today mourned the passing of Jon Senderling,...
The full May 12th transcript
Susan Polgar Commencement SpeechTexas Tech UniversityMay 12, 2007 Click here to see the video of the commencement address at Texas Tech University on May 12, 2007. Chancellor Hance, President Whitmore, Regent Miller, members of the student body, faculty, parents,...
The road to the final four
Here are the matchups to decide which 4 will join Kramnik, Anand, Svidler and Morozevich in Mexico City this September. Bareev-Leko Grischuk-Rublevsky Aronian-Shirov Kamsky-Gelfand If you are one of the players, would you prefer to start the next match...
Chess surveys
* Which 3 chess websites do you visit the most and why? * How often do you visit your favorite chess websites? * Which 3 non-chess websites do you visit the most and why? * How often do you...
Candid talk with Anand
Indian chess wizard in a candid talkSunday, June 03, 2007 04:33:10 pm The world’s number 1 international chess player and India’s pride, Vishwanathan Anand talks about his latest moves to TIMES NOW’s Nikhil Kalan. Viswanathan Anand is not someone...
Krasnoyarsk players attempted to break record
6/4/2007 12:33:00 PM Krasnoyarsk chess players beat Guinness record Krasnoyarsk chess players have beaten a Guinness record on the number of people playing table games simultaneously. On June 2 “Chess Records 2007” tournament took place in the Central Park...
A thrilling match with the comeback kid
Chess: Thriller loss for Magnus Carlsen Armenia’s Levon Aronian, ranked as number five in the world, finally won against Norway’s Magnus Carlsen (16) in a thrilling tiebreaker in the candidate matches. There were 16 chess players who went to...
Interview with his Excellency Ilyumzhinov
Interviews / Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: The Knock-out achieved its Goal Questions – Vladimir Barsky Q: Kirsan Nikolayevich, the Kramnik-Topalov match clearly took a lot of nerves and energy from you. Do you still like inviting players to Elista? A: It...